Imperial capital.

There was a tense and serious atmosphere in the city, as if something big had suddenly happened.

It's noon.

The bustling streets should be crowded with noisy sounds, and from a distance, they should also be bustling with people.

And from time to time the bell of the carriage rang, and the coachman shouted.

But in fact, the streets are unusually empty at the moment, and they seem a little lonely.

Only a few figures passed by the unmanned shops.

Their faces were worried, and the smiles on their faces had vanished.

His brows were furrowed, and his eyes were full of uneasiness.

His steps were hurried, and he did not dare to linger too much on the street.

The charred leaves of the plane trees have fallen, paving the entire road, but no one has come to clean it up.

The streets are silent, and the only sound is the rustle of shoe soles on dead leaves.

The citizens of the Imperial Capital City could not have imagined it in any way.

The most prosperous imperial capital......

It's closed!

The sudden news caught everyone off guard.

They listened in amazement at the crossroads as the administrative staff spoke.

The people on the side of the empire did not give a detailed explanation, but only vaguely told everyone that all this was the emperor's order.

They are simply following orders.

The order was issued from the majestic palace on the same day.

Then these administrative staff, large and small, carried out the order at lightning speed.

It's hard to imagine how these ministers, who have always been slow in office efficiency, burst out at such a speed.

The citizens were incredulous at first, but after repeated confirmation by some people, the heavy gates of the imperial capital slowly closed before their eyes.

These people finally believed.

An irrepressible panic ensued in the crowd.

They couldn't figure out why the imperial capital was locking down the entire city.

And in this atmosphere of panic, some people even rumored that the enemy country was attacking, so the city gates were closed.

Some people really believe this statement.

As one of the largest cities in the world, its importance goes without saying.

In other areas other than the slums, the level of security is also stable and orderly, and there is very little chaos.

But today, it's blocked.

However, these people were quickly taken away and never seen again.

The gate of the imperial capital.

Some of the nobles put aside their former arrogance, smiled decently, and talked cordially with the non-commissioned officers guarding the city.

They all want to get out of town.

Someone has vaguely gotten the news that there will be a big move in the city.

So I want to get out of the city for a while to avoid the limelight.

Faced with the request of the nobles, the non-commissioned officer looked embarrassed.

Because the commander gave a death order, not even a fly was allowed to be released.

After being rejected, some nobles sank their faces on the spot.

However, at this moment, the non-commissioned officer was holding the emperor's order, so it was not good to attack on the spot, so he could only leave angrily.

And all this is seen by the figure hidden in the shadows.

"Lord Priest, the emperor is blocked."

"Now the gates are closed."

"What are we going to do?"

A skinny man asked the older man in the middle of the crowd.

The priest glanced at the tall wall, which was tinged with blue spots, but in front of the mysterious power that did not make sense.

This wall, which has been weathered for thousands of years, is still standing.

Standing in front of them, it was like an impassable mountain.

"Let's go where we came from."

The priest frowned.

Seeing that there was no hope of winning the eyes of God, he planned to leave the imperial capital first.

As a result, on the eve of leaving, the imperial capital was directly blocked.

This made a group of people feel a little aggrieved.

……

Arriving at the entrance to the imperial capital, they found that the place where they were led was empty.

No, there are still people who exist.

But they were all stout figures in armor.

The priest squinted at the soldiers walking back and forth, and led the group out quietly.

Then I went to several more places and found that they were all empty.

When they reached the fourth place, they finally saw the shadows of some stowaways.

"Lord Priest!"

"Look at ......"

The thin man was excitedly calling out to the priest, but before the voice could be reached, a force imprisoned his mouth.

"Uh-huh-"

The priest ignored the man who wanted to speak.

He stared closely, as a criminal, years of escape experience made him feel that something was definitely wrong here.

The rest of the place was empty, but there was still one.

Although it is true that people will act irrationally when they are nervous, ignoring everything around them.

But is this treating us as pure cerebral palsy?

The priest suspected that the Assassin had gone out to face a whole line of armed paladins.

The time of confinement had passed, and the man knew that the priest did not want him to speak, so he could only look there with a look of longing.

"Go ahead and change places."

The priest abandoned the place and turned to another location.

The group went around and encountered several smuggling points along the way, but they did not go directly because the priest was cautious.

They hide in the shadows and observe quietly, and some of them are also hiding in the shadows.

It seems that they don't believe in the smuggling point here.

"Priest ......"

There was a hint of resentment in the man's eyes.

Seeing that there were so many smuggling spots that he didn't go, he was a little anxious.

If it is served at any time, it will have to be trapped in the city all the time.

The priest glanced at the man's somewhat immobile body, and imprisoned him again.

This order is full of some well-known criminals, and the degree of viciousness is needless to say, but the brain is indeed bruised.

If the brain is really smart and knows how to clean up the traces, it will not appear on the list.

Looking at the current situation, it is very likely that the imperial side has moved seriously.

You need to be very careful.

"Let's go back first."

The priests eventually decided that these were imperial traps, and it was difficult to jump in and get out again.

So they went back to their temporary place of residence.

……

"There are a lot of people, but there are no big fish."

A non-commissioned officer looked at the smuggled figures from outside the city and said with some boredom.

"Your trap is too fake."

A non-commissioned officer next to him quipped, smiling and looking down at the sneaky figures.

"Fake?"

The non-commissioned officer seemed to be a little unconvinced, originally set for an exit, but after repeated discussions, there were a few more.

"Isn't it fake?"

The eyes of the person next to him widened, revealing a bit of incredibleness.

"I'll beat you up if you lie so much."

The non-commissioned officer sneered, rolled his sleeve up, and then revealed his punching bag-sized fist.

"What do you want to do?"

Not to be outdone, the man immediately loosened a few buttons, then twisted his head with a belligerent smile on his face.

"Okay, okay, if you want to fight, go and do the task first."

Behind him came the voices of the first three.

When the two people who were about to fight together heard this, they could only pause their hands first, but their fighting spirit came up but there was nowhere to vent.

So the two looked at the sneaky figure below.

In the shadows, several people hunched over, cautiously following the figure of the stowaway.

They want to leave for a variety of reasons.

Everyone held their breath just to not be detected.

A woman looked at the huge sun, and it was not a very hot day, but she was sweating profusely.

Sweat seemed to drip into her eyes, so she reached out and rubbed it gently.

When he opened his eyes again, a figure appeared in his sight.

I saw that he was wearing the clothes of the Imperial Army.

The heart's beating stopped for a moment, and the pupils constricted extremely.

The woman trembled and tried to move, but found herself numb.

She sat down on the ground in despair.

The figure in front of her looked at her, and a smile slowly cracked into the corners of his mouth.

"I see you."